Install ESXi

- [Instructor] Now that I have the image…copied over to the USB drive,…I can insert it into the back of the Gigabyte BRIX…and boot it into the ESXi installer.…But before doing so, there's a couple settings…that I need to check in the BIOS.…The first one under Advanced, CPU Configuration,…I need to verify that the…Intel Virtualization Technology is enabled.…It should be by default, so that one should be okay.…Under SATA configuration, I need to verify…that the SATA Mode says AHCI, instead of RAID.…

By default, it'll probably be set to RAID,…so you do have to double check this one on the BRIX.…Next, I need to check the boot settings.…I need to make sure that my…first boot option is the USB drive,…and if I'm going to install to the SSD,…then I need to make sure that the…second boot option is the UEFI version of the disk.…Notice it shows up twice, once as UEFI and once as P3.…If it's selected as P3,…then it's not going to boot properly.…I'm going to install it onto the USB drive…that I'm using to do the install,…so the second boot option never matters.…

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3/8/2017

Learn how to create a vSphere environment, be introduced to ESXi and vCenter, and get a tour of vSphere 6.5 with step-by-step machine management instructions. These topics and more are explored in this course. Join Brandon Neil as he covers storage and networking basics using vSphere, the VMware virtualization suite of products. Brandon shows you how to download, install, configure, and use vSphere components. He also demonstrates how add a datastore, deploy virtual machines, migrate using vMotion, and more.